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ESTEVAN - The doors of Hill View Manor's residents were decorated for Christmas as part of a fun annual competition.

The doors were judged on Dec. 15, with first, second, third and fourth-place prizes given to the winners, who were selected by judges.

First place went to Bruce Bottomley, second was Vivian Leptich, third was awarded to Waunie Thompson and fourth was Marjorie Stepp.

Thank you to the families who decorated their loved ones' doors. They were very beautiful and festive, and the judges had a very hard time choosing the top four.

November and December were very busy months at the manor.

November started off with an outing to Make Music with Friends. A wonderful time was had by the residents who attended this gathering. It is one of our favorite trips; others in the community were to Black Beard’s Restaurant for lunch and Walmart.

Other activities for the month were daily Bingo, weekly devotions, card games, movies, crokinole, bean bag toss and Yahtzee. Exercises four times per week help us stay fit.

The Estevan Public Library has been coming in monthly for crafts and story time. Thank you so much for this program.

We had our ice cream social in November. This is a great socializing time; it is loved by all the residents and is very yummy to say the least.

November saw six Christmas trees being put up. With the decorations in the front entrance and family room, they all took on a very Christmas-like atmosphere.

November and December offered a lot of entertainment, with the Caragana Ramblers, Szackas Family, Maggie, Susan Shepard, Laurie Fornwald, Keith and Gary, and Wilma and Val.

Nov. 27 was the Festival of Trees tea; this is a lovely event that the residents really enjoy. Thanks to Sun Country Hearing for sponsoring this.

 Shared read is a group activity we do for anyone who might be visually impaired or maybe just wants to listen to the short stories.

 The last Friday of the month is loonie bingo, followed by wine and cheese or fruit juice for anyone not wanting wine.

In November, we had four birthdays: Shirley A. celebrated her 91st birthday, Joyce O. (83), Margorie S. (86) and Helen K. (88).

 December had four birthdays as well: Pauline B. (87), Anne F. (90), Les H. (88) and Ernest F. (92). Happy birthday to all.

The residents' Christmas party was Dec. 22, complete with a visit by Santa Claus to hand out the gifts. Wilma & Val provided entertainment, and the winners of the door-decorating contest were announced.

A very special thank you to Recharge Massage Studio and their secret Santa tree. The residents loved the gifts.

A New Year’s Eve party for the residents was held Dec. 29. Entertainment was provided by the Can’t Hardly Play Boys.

We also had to say goodbye to three of our residents, Ivadelle G., Nat O. and Anne J.